Author: Correspondent

Governor Tony Evers commended WHEFA for its work.

The Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee (IFCGM), which represents the regional leaders and adherents of 18 faiths and denominations, announced that Pardeep Singh Kaleka will be its next executive director beginning July 1. Kaleka was hired after a long search process that included many candidates. The organization was led by Tom Heinen for the past decade as executive director. Heinen will retire after a short transition period. As a first-generation immigrant from India, Kaleka received a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice/Sociology from Marquette University and a master’s in Clinical/Community Psychology from Alverno College. He has served the community through...

“Go back to your country,” was the last thing Deep Rai, an India-born U.S. citizen heard as he stood in the driveway of his suburban Seattle home before being shot in the arm by a white man. This is a common sentiment shouted by white men who have perpetrated hate crimes against U.S. citizens, white men who view citizens like Rai as impostors simply because of the color of their skin. As a child of Indian immigrant Sikhs, we have heard the same words shouted at our mothers and fathers who wears a turban and salwars. This type of...

The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) has been notifying riders that Route 57’s JobLines extension into Waukesha County will cease operations on August 24, 2019, due to the end of its temporary funding. While Route 57 will no longer make stops in Menomonee Falls or Germantown, it will continue to provide the same daily service within Milwaukee County, connecting northwest-side residents to the increasing number of jobs in and around the sports entertainment district, and the rest of Downtown. The revised routing runs between the Intermodal Station and the intersection of Lovers Lane Road and Silver Spring Drive, including...

Milwaukee County earned another feather for its cap: 15,000 acres of its parks system were recognized for their “immense” value to migratory birds and designated as the state’s 93rd “Important Bird Area” during a July 25 ceremony at Lake Park. Officials from the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative, a collaboration of more than 180 groups working to conserve native Wisconsin birds, presented the designation at a ceremony event, that included a live raptor show featuring Lindsay Obermeier, director of the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center’s raptor program, and Nicco, a broad-winged hawk and Tskili – a great horned owl. The site...

USA Triathlon announced on July 22 that Milwaukee has been selected to host the 2020 and 2021 Toyota USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships with the 2020 event set for August 7 to 9. USA Triathlon, in partnership with Toyota and the City of Milwaukee, also announced that beginning in 2020, the Age Group Nationals sprint-distance race, which previously did not require qualification, will now be qualification-based. Special qualification opportunities for both the sprint- and Olympic-distance events are available for participants at the 2019 Toyota USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships in Cleveland. As USA Triathlon’s largest and longest-running...